Dear All
I don't usually take pretty pics but decided to use a little bit of clear sky from 2 nights ago to image this little comet. It was very close to the celestial equator at the time.
It doesn't seem to have much of a tail but does have a nice coma.
I just took 3 x 3min exposures through each of B, V and R filters (photometry filters) and combined them. I am pretty hopeless at post processing as I find it boring but have had a go. The 2 separate images are stacked differently. One is aligned on the comet and the other is aligned on the stars. As the comet is moving I cant align on both.
The images were taken with a VC200l and an ST10XME using an AO8 and guiding with a QHY guider.
It was clear here last night and I was able to image 79P Gehrels last night.
Image details:
Mount: Astro-Physics AP 1200GTO
Scope: 12 inch Ritchey-Chretien f/8 working at f/5.4 (FL=1630mm)
CCD Camera: QHY9, 8.3M pixels, 5.4uM pixels square
Binning: 4x4
Filters: Hutech IDAS LPS-P2
Camera Temperature: -25 Degrees C set point
Exposure: 4x300s
Field Size: 37.8 x 28.5 arcmin
Comments: The image was binned 4x4 to increase chip sensitivity (which also results in an increase in noise) to reduce exposure time and hence comet trailing.
